Bedstead-fastening device



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No. 357,252; Patented Feb. '8, 1887.

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N PEYERS PhMwLithomr, Wuhlnlhn. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()rrrcn;

NELSON HENRY WATERS, OF ELLIS, KANSAS.

BEDSTEAD-FASTENlNG DEVICE.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,252, dated February 8, 1887.

Application filed July 24, 1886.

vention consists of a combined rail-fastening and slat-support composed of a right-angled part attached to the rail at its end,and formed inone casting with a wedgeshaped dovetailed tenon and a seat for the end of the slat,

and a socket-plate secured to the post to receive the tenon of the rail-piece, whereby the parts are locked together or readily detached.

The object of this invention is to form a secure fastening for the post and rails of bed steads, and one that will be simple in construction, cheap, and whose parts shall fit close. and snug together, so as to prevent the lodgment of vermin, and at the same time form a seat for the end slats of the bedstead.

For a better understanding of the details of construction and arrangement of the parts composing my invention, reference must now be had to the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 represents a View in perspective of a portion of the rail and post of a bedstead, with a fastening for securing the same together applied thereto, constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the socket plate or member of the fastener which is applied to the post; Fig. 3, a

similar view of the tenon-plate which is applied to the rail. Fig. 4 is a view in transverse sectional elevation through the rail and fastening, illustrating a modification in the form of the seat for the slat, the same being formed with a taperedrecess or slot at its inner end to receive a similar-shaped projection on a plate secured to the end of the slat,

whereby the spreading or separation of the side rails of the bedstead is prevented.

- A is the post of the bedstead, to which is secured the plate B of the fastener, which plate Serial No.208,970. (N0 model.)

is formed with a dovetailed and tapering or wedge-shaped socket, B, as shown in Fig. 2, and O is the rail of the bedstead, to which is secured the tenon member of the fastener, which consists of a broad flat portion or side, D, through which passes the fastening-screws d into the rail 0, a right-angled end, D, at

the rear of which the tenon E is formed,which tenon is of a corresponding shape with the socket B of the plate 13, and is adapted to fit close and snugtherein, as shown in Fig. 1,

and a lower or bottom projecting portion, F,

having a shoulder or flange,f, to form the seat for the end slats. This rail member of the fastening is cast in asingle piece with its rightangle tenoned end and seat for the rail, and said seat is madeof such width as to snugly receive and hold the end of the slat.

The parts are all made to fit snug and close, with no openings in or around the same, so that lodgment of vermin is prevented, and the tenon member is made very wide, being of such width as to accommodate the end of the slat, as before stated, sothat a secure bearing upon the rail is thereby assured and the parts are rendered strong and effective, and, being of a simple metal casting, it is cheap and easy of attachment; and,further, the opening B inthe socket-plate B, as shown in Fig.

'2, does not, as is usually the case, pass entirely through the same, but said plate is made of such thickness as to permit the said opening to be made therein and yet leave a rear portion remain, as shown in Fig. 2, which forms the bearing for the fastening-screws and preventsthe entrance of vermin to the post, as is the case where open socket-plates are used.

I am aware that bedstead-fastenings have before been made composed of a socket-plate secured to the post, formed with a dovetailed socket therein,and a tenon member secured to the rail formed with a dovetailed tenon to fit the socket of the socket-plate; also, that a combined rail-fastening and slat-support is not new. This, therefore, I lay no claim to; but

What I do claim as new and of my invenone piece with the broad fiat side D, rightsocket-plate '13, secured to the post, formed shoulder f, to form a seat with atnpered dovetailed socket, B, therein, as shown and which only passes partially through the same, specified.

and tenon member secured to the rail, east in or step for the slat, described, for the purposes NELSON HENRY XVATERS. In presence of M. M. FULLER, M. O. ADAIR.

angled end D, with tapered or wedge-shaped dovetailed tenon E, and lower flange, F, and 

